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<td class="v">14:1</td>
<td>Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.</td>
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<td class="v">14:2</td>
<td>He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.</td>
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<td class="v">14:3</td>
<td>In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.</td>
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<td class="v">14:4</td>
<td>Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.</td>
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<td class="v">14:5</td>
<td>A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.</td>
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<td class="v">14:6</td>
<td>A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.</td>
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<td class="v">14:7</td>
<td>Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.</td>
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<td class="v">14:8</td>
<td>The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.</td>
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<td class="v">14:9</td>
<td>Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.</td>
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<td class="v">14:10</td>
<td>The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.</td>
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<td class="v">14:11</td>
<td>The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.</td>
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<td class="v">14:12</td>
<td>There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.</td>
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<td class="v">14:13</td>
<td>Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.</td>
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<td class="v">14:14</td>
<td>The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.</td>
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<td class="v">14:15</td>
<td>The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.</td>
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<td class="v">14:16</td>
<td>A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.</td>
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<td class="v">14:17</td>
<td>He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.</td>
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<td class="v">14:18</td>
<td>The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.</td>
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<td class="v">14:19</td>
<td>The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</td>
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<td class="v">14:20</td>
<td>The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.</td>
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<td class="v">14:21</td>
<td>He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.</td>
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<td class="v">14:22</td>
<td>Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.</td>
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<td class="v">14:23</td>
<td>In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.</td>
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<td class="v">14:24</td>
<td>The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.</td>
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<td class="v">14:25</td>
<td>A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.</td>
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<td class="v">14:26</td>
<td>In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.</td>
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<td class="v">14:27</td>
<td>The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.</td>
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<td class="v">14:28</td>
<td>In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.</td>
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<td class="v">14:29</td>
<td>He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.</td>
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<td class="v">14:30</td>
<td>A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.</td>
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<td class="v">14:31</td>
<td>He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.</td>
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<td class="v">14:32</td>
<td>The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.</td>
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<td class="v">14:33</td>
<td>Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.</td>
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<td class="v">14:34</td>
<td>Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.</td>
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<td class="v">14:35</td>
<td>The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.</td>
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